All-School Meeting

Four days per week, the Waring community meets for 30 minutes for an All-School Meeting. After sharing announcements and recognizing recent achievements, we enjoy a focused time during which we may discuss global and community issues, listen to presentations by faculty, students, and guest speakers, or sometimes compete together in trivia games.

A TIME TO FOSTER COMMUNITY

All-School Meeting has been an important part of Waring’s program since the school’s founding, when students and teachers gathered in the original Grande Salle in Rockport. We continue this tradition today because All-School Meeting helps to foster a sense of community. We share experiences and develop a common vocabulary. Students, faculty, and guests now gather in the a space designed and constructed specifically for All-School Meeting to listen to announcements, participate in discussions, and read journal pieces. When faculty, students, or graduates give a presentation about a particular passion, they model what it means to be a lifelong learner. At All-School Meeting, we all come together as learners: a 6th grade student is not just learning from, but is speaking to and teaching, the rest of the community. Thus, at All-School Meeting, all voices in the community are honored and validated.

 

Historical photo of All-School Meeting outside
All-School Meeting in the Forum. Many students in a circular formation
Young Tim Bakland presenting to students at All-School Meeting
Students listening during All School Meeting
Students at All-School Meeting, a close up of 7 students

Sarah Carlson Lier

All-School Meeting Coordinator

Sarah is Waring’s librarian, FIRST LEGO League co-coach, and Waring Downtown coordinator. She holds a BA degree in English from Gordon College and a Master of Library Science degree from Simmons College. She enjoys reading, sewing, and spending time with her husband and three sons. Sarah joined Waring in 2008.